Bringing an Ole girl back to life

[saltcreep]

What's up guys! it's been a while and I can say my journey in riding has been a crazy one. been busy working, school and waiting for my waves to come. Anyways I'm not here to talk about me per say. I'm here to ask a lititle bit of advise on restoring an old 5'10 single fin board. This was my uncles back in the day and I figured I could ride it one day or when I feel a lil adventours. Alas when I asked my local go to shop/shaper he informed me that for him to do it, it'll cost way over $300 and advised I should put her to rest. I felt kinda heart broken in away when he told me that and figured I should give board repair a go. Ill try and attach some pictures of her and let me know what you think. the white is epoxy my cuison threw on some spots but stopped due to having a child. Now, should I hang her up for wall decor or make the effort and try my best to bring her back and give her the riding she's been craving for?

[oldmansurfer]

It looks like maybe the deck is entirely delaminated? If so you should probably remove it and smooth it out and reglass it. As in cut out oll the fiberglass that is delaminated or the entire deck , sand down the foam and put filler in to smooth it out and put down 2 new layers , the first that fits what you cut out and the second that extends at least 4 inches past that. What is all the white stuff? Looks like a lot of work but if you are willing then you might end up with something different than it was but useful. However not sure what the stuff to fix it will cost..... might be cheaper to buy a second hand board that doesn't need repairs.

[saltcreep]

The white is epoxy that my cusion threw on it to try and fix it but gave up on it because of his kid. If it comes out to be just as much money I'll hang her up or something.

[dtc]

Is the fibreglass still sticking to the blank or it is loose/bubbling? As old man says, I think your task is to cut away all of the delaminated glass, sand back the epoxy and do a better job on it, then re-glass it. However, if the fibreglass is sticking in parts and delaminating in parts, it could be a tough job, lots of sanding or cutting away at the blank to get it off - it wont peel away easy; and if you leave any it will be lumpy (which isn't a problem but it will look a bit strange). You may need to repair the blank.

In Australia fibreglass cloth is about $7/m, so you may need 3-4m (well, depending on how much repair is required), plus 1-2L of resin (at $30 /L) plus sanding pads and catalyst (maybe $30+ depending on what you get), some tape, cleaning products ($15) and safety equipment (masks and gloves essential). Hours of your time. I cant imagine you will get away with much under $100 at the very least, and perhaps even double that assuming you have no equipment at the moment (and assuming that pricing where you live is much the same as Australia, give or take).

That's also assuming the fin box and plugs don't need any replacement.

However, if there is no delamination (the existing fibreglass is still fixed to the board), then you could probably get away with fixing up the epoxy job (sanding back and doing it up again) and some patching - wont look all that pretty but will work. Sanding will take a while... If there is only slight delam, you can use a syringe to squeeze resin-hardener mix into the delam area through a small hole and 'gluing' the cloth back to the foam and maybe some patching on top.

If you have an interest in repairing boards or building your own board, then this is the perfect one to start on - you will learn heaps and if you muck it up, it wont really matter. Not like it matters when you muck up the glassing on your personally hand designed and shaped blank with the fancy spray job...

[jaffa1949]

There is a time in a surfboard's life where it is time to let it go!

Underneath that dented glass is a severely compressed and shrunken blank, repaired it is a beater board to ride into the carnage of closeouts with no regard for body or board. As a wall hanging why not do a pseudo wood finish if you want to hang it.

The board in its presents state would hang well on the inside of a dumpster.
I applaud recycling and rebuilding, but this is at the limits

[saltcreep]

Lol more then likely, she'll become a piece of furniture or something. I did an estimate of all thst I would need and it's roughly about the same if not a lil less then what the shop was going to charge me. Ah oh well, it was a nice thought to have a single fin and have it be a "wow never see those now a days"

[Jester]

That bottom looks like it's been through the gunfight at the OK carral!! And the deck looks like it got caught in the stampede that followed!!